Boycott "Dollar Tree" (Woman murdered at work, her family denied benefits)

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Late Wednesday, I posted an excerpt from a news story (Woman murdered at work, her family denied benefits) and it hit the greatest page, but has since fallen off. Please help get this thread on the Greatest Page with your kicks and recs. Thank you.

In the original thread, DUer qanda suggested Dollar Tree "needs the internet treatment"

And the internets went to work ...

DUer Kalyke found a list of all the members of the board of directors

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/board.asp?symbol=DLTR.O

Macon Brock Jr., Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Bob Sasser, President and Director
J. Perry, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Board
H. Compton, Director and Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
Thomas Saunders III, Goode Partners LLC
Alan Wurtzel, NBC Universal, Inc.
Eileen Scott, Dollar Tree Inc.
Richard Lesser, Marshalls Of MA, Inc.
Thomas Whiddon, Berkshire Partners, LLC
Mary Citrino, The Blackstone Group
James Compton, Dollar Tree Inc.
Carl Zeithaml, Dollar Tree Inc.
Lemuel Lewis, Markel Corp.
Arnold Barron, The TJX Companies, Inc.

DUer 94114_San_Francisco found info about the law firm representing Dollar Tree

Gray & Prouty
San Francisco
1001 Bayhill Drive, #286
San Bruno, CA 94066

tel [phone]
fax [phone]
[email protected]

PARTNERS:
C. KEMPTON LETTS
TRACY STURTEVANT

APPEARANCES:
San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose - Santa Cruz - Santa Rosa

http://www.grayandprouty.com/index.php

But, most important of all, DUer barbtries found contact info for the store
http://www.dollartree.com/comment.cfm

Here are some examples of DUer's comments:

* from DUer barbtries

until you reverse your decision to deny the family of Taneka Talley their benefits stemming from her murder by a total stranger in your store, you will not have my business. how could you?

* from DUer Caretha

I certainly hope what I read from ABC News regarding your refusal to pay death benefits to Ms. Talley's family is incorrect. If I do not hear/read anything contrary to this incident about denying her family death benefits, I will never shop in one of your stores again, and I will repeat this story ad nausem to all my family, friends & acquaintances. I'm sure they will agree with me whole heartedly. BTW, incase you were wondering, there are many other retail outlets that provide the same goods at the same cost. You are easily replaced.

Have you no shame?

* from DUer MadMaddie

Subject: She is dead and it's your fault
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Because of the fact you did not protect your employee she is dead. And now you deny the family of Taneka Talley their benefits stemming from her murder by a total stranger in your store.

My goal is to make sure that anyone that thinks about shopping in your stores knows what you have done to this family.
<snip>

* from DUer kcass1954 (borrowed DUer MadMaddie's subject line)

Let me get this straight... Taneka Talley shows up for work at one of your stores, and while there, she is killed by someone she does not know. And this absolves you of your responsibility to pay benefits to her family? In the long run, it would be much less expensive for you to just pay the darned benefits. I intend to tell everyone I know about this incident and how you treat employees.

* from DUer roguevalley Told them the internet had it and good luck, they will need it.